BIG MISTAKES MADE WHEN A VICTIM FILES
A CAR ACCIDENT CLAIM
SOME PEOPLE, THAT DON’T HIRE AN ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY – OFTEN
MAKE MISTAKES. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME VICTIMS MAY SPEAK TO THE OPPOSING INSURANCE
COMPANY. THEY GIVE AN INCORRECT OR FALSE, RECORDED STATEMENT.
THIS CAN THEN BE USED TO INVALIDATE THEIR CLAIM, AND CAN BE
USED AGAINST THEM IN COURT. EVEN IF THE OTHER DRIVER’S INSURANCE COMPANY MAY BE
AT FAULT, IF YOU MAKE AN INCORRECT STATEMENT – IT CAN BE USED TO MAKE YOU LOOK
AT FAULT. ANOTHER COMMON MISTAKE MADE, IS VICTIMS NOT GETTING ENOUGH
INFORMATION AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
SOMETIMES, PEOPLE NOT CALL THE POLICE, OR ASK FOR THE
INSURANCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER DRIVER. THIS MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
TO CONDUCT A POLICE INVESTIGATION. IN SOME ACCIDENTS, WE’VE SEEN DRIVERS NOT
GIVE THEIR INSURANCE INFORMATION – WHICH MEANS ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE WORK
HAS TO BE DONE.
ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE WE OFTEN SEE MADE, IS WHEN VICTIMS
IGNORE SUGGESTED MEDICAL TREATMENTS. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO PROVE YOU WERE
INJURED.
IT’S IMPORTANT YOU FOLLOW THROUGH ON ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED
MEDICAL TREATMENTS, IN ORDER TO PROVE THE VALIDITY OF YOUR INJURIES. WITHOUT
GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT, IT’S DIFFICULT TO ASK FOR COMPENSATION – SINCE THE
INSURANCE COMPANY WILL DENY YOUR INJURIES EXISTED.
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